Dave finished work yesterday for the christmas holidays, so planned this walk. It is bitterly cold and the snow has melted, then froze again, making walking quite a challenge! But that's what he's taken on, so it must all be for his good, in the end! As I am getting over a cold, and am a wimp when it comes to walking on ice, I dropped Dave and Bob off at Jennycliff. The plan was to walk the coast path around Mount Batten, Turnchapel, Hooe Lake, back beside the Plym, along the Saltram path called The Ride and home.
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| View from the car park at Jennycliff |
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| Dunstone Point where you can see Mount Batten breakwater and the Hoe |
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| Dunstone Point looking towards Mount Edgecombe with Drake's Island on the far right. |
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| looking back to Dunstone Point |
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| Mount Batten Tower & the keeper |
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| Mount Batten Breakwater |
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Every July, the fireworks for the competition are set out on this breakwater.
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| View of Jennycliff from breakwater |
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| The Aquarium can be seen from here |
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| Plymouth Hoe |
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| Shouldn't that be ' I am sailing' ???? |
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| Clovelly Bay |
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| The village of Turnchapel with a very nice local pub |
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| Hooe Lake |
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| Hooe Lake one side, Radford Lake the other |
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| Still Hooe Lake |
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| Yes, you ARE sinking!! |
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| Laira Bridge |
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The path runs along the river and leads to the beach, and the path along Saltram grounds again.
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| This scanned picture of the map isn't very clear but it can give you an idea of the coast path which runs around the city. The green dotted line at the bottom of the page is the route Dave took. He recorded 14700 paces on his pedometer which he says is about 7 miles. Bob was certainly tired when they got back. |
I am so enjoying these blogs.
ReplyDeleteSharing what you do from the comfort of my armchair :O> reliving how lovely Plymouth and its surroundings are and feeling close to you, me owd mates.
Hope your cold has all gone away now Teresa.
Mandy :O>